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团

tuán

HSK 5 Character Traditional 團

What 团 means

1. round
2. lump
3. ball
4. to roll into a ball
5. to gather
6. regiment
7. group
8. society
9. classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)

Other readings

团 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• tuándumpling

Example sentences

• 你有团子吗？
  Nǐ yǒu tuánzi ma?
  Do you have some dango?
• 那是个马戏团！
  Nàshi gè mǎxìtuán!
  That is a circus!
• 你解开谜团了吗？
  Nǐ jiěkāi mítuán le ma?
  Have you worked the puzzle out?
• 你属于哪个社团?
  Nǐ shǔyú nǎge shètuán?
  Which club do you belong to?
• 把面团擀成方形。
  Roll the pastry into a rectangle.
• 我不属于任何社团。
  Wǒ bù shǔyú rènhé shètuán.
  I don't belong to any club.

Words starting with 团

• 团体tuán tǐgroup; organization; team
• 团结tuán jiéto unite; unity; solidarity; united
• 团圆tuán yuánto have a reunion
• 团队tuán duìteam
• 团长tuán zhǎngregimental command; head of a delegation; group buy organizer; group-buying coordinator
• 团聚tuán jùto reunite; to have a reunion
• 团伙tuán huǒ(criminal) gang; gang member; accomplice
• 团员tuán yuánmember; group member
• 团团转tuán tuán zhuànto go round and round; running around in circles; fig. frantically busy
• 团年tuán nián(of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve; family reunion at New Year's
• 团建tuán jiànteam building…
• 团子tuán zidango (Japanese dumpling)
• 团体行tuán tǐ xínggroup travel
• 团结工会Tuán jié Gōng huìSolidarity (Polish worker's union)
• 团结就是力量tuán jié jiù shì lì liangunity is strength (revolutionary slogan and popular song of 1943)
• 团战tuán zhàn(gaming) team battle
• 团队精神tuán duì jīng shéngroup mentality; collectivism; solidarity
• 团花tuán huārounded embroidery design
• 团购tuán gòugroup buying; collective buying; buying by a group of individuals who negotiate a…
• 团拜tuán bàito gather as a group to exchange greetings (typically at New Year)
• 团拜会tuán bài huìNew Year reception
• 团丁tuán dīng(old) member of local militia
• 团练tuán liànlocal militia formed to suppress peasant rebellion (old)
• 团灭tuán miè(video gaming) (of an entire team or party) to get wiped out

Words containing 团

• 集团jí tuángroup; bloc; corporation
• 代表团dài biǎo tuándelegation
• 社团shè tuánassociation; society; group
• 剧团jù tuántheatrical troupe
• 兵团bīng tuánlarge military unit; formation; corps
• 乐团yuè tuánband; orchestra
• 旅游团lǚ yóu tuántour group
• 军团jūn tuáncorps; legion
• 旅行团lǚ xíng tuántour group
• 共青团Gòng qīng tuánthe Communist Youth League, abbr. for 共产主义青年团
• 合唱团hé chàng tuánchorus; choir
• 集团军jí tuán jūnarmy grouping; collective army
• 组团zǔ tuánto form a group or delegation
• 谜团mí tuánriddle; enigma; unpredictable situation
• 陪审团péi shěn tuánjury
• 财团cái tuánfinancial group
• 马戏团mǎ xì tuáncircus
• 义和团Yì hé tuánthe Righteous and Harmonious Fists; the Boxers (history)
• 一团糟yī tuán zāochaos; bungle; complete mess
• 蒲团pú tuánpraying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail)
• 歌舞团gē wǔ tuánsong and dance troupe
• 青年团qīng nián tuányouth corps; youth wing of a political party
• 社会团体shè huì tuán tǐsocial group; community organization
• 交响乐团jiāo xiǎng yuè tuánsymphony orchestra

Characters that look like 团

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 因yīncause; reason; because
• 园yuánland used for growing plants; site used for public recreation…
• 困kùnto trap; to surround; hard-pressed
• 丽lìbeautiful
• 闭bìto close; to stop up; to shut
• 囡nānchild; daughter

Sounds the same

Read tuán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 抟to roll up into a ball with one's hands (variant of 团; (literary) to circle; to wheel
• 剸slash
• 慱sad
• 漙heavy dew